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Watch: Humanoid robot carries Olympic torch in South Korea

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A humanoid robot named Hubo had the honor of serving as a torchbearer on the 41st day of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Torch Relay in South Korea.

Hubo, which won the DARPA Robotics Challenge in 2015, walked to a wall, cut a hole, and handed the torch to one of its developers from the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.

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